St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-10
And is Rearrested By Detective Quinlan,
Who, Somehow, Learns the At
tempt Is to Be Made.
Police Commissioner Hoy and the De-
tective Hold a Conference in
Which Both Get Warm.
Secret Session of the Police Commits
sion, Which Issues an Order
For Quinlan's Arrest.

Minneapolis, has yielded UP another
sensation in the form of an escaping
prisoner. The latter did not succeed in
getting away, but the means used in
securing his release, and the manner in
which he was captured, contribute
especially to very large-sized police
sensation. Friday afternoon young
man, who gave his name as
Thomas B. Franklin, was az
rested for attempting to work
confidence scheme, embracing forgery
in its operation upon Adam Hannah, the
financial agent, whereby he all but sue
ceeded in obtaining $1,000 upon a farm
near Pennington, OAK, which he pre-
tended to have purchased. Since then
Franklin has been confined in the lock-
up or central station. Monday night he
was taken from cell No. 1, on the first
floor, and placed in cell No. 13, on the
second floor. Yesterday morning about
3o'clock Patrol Driver Curtiss heard a
noise up stairs which sounded like
some one rapping for water Oh a cell
door, as the prisoners do, and he leiS-
urely mounted the stairs to see what
was wanted. A few seconds later
Jailer Kingsley, who sat tipped back i'll
his chair, was startled to see man
shoot down the stairs and run out of the
door leading into the barn or shed,
where the patrol wagon stands. The
fellow was in his stocking feet and was
minus both coat and hat. The Jailor
pinched himself to see if he was awake
or dreaming, and then rushed out into
the shed himself. Here. he says, he
met Detective Quinlan standing in the
doorway revolver in hand, who asked,
WHERE Is CURTISS?'
Without stopping to answer the jailer
ran up stairs to Franklin'S cell and
found 1t empty. He was then certain
that Franklin was the man he had seen
run down the street, and so hastened
down to police headquarters and gave
the information that the prisoner had
escaped. Shortly after he had returned
to the lookup Detectives Quinlan and
King and eX-POliceman Grace ap-
peared with Franklin. Detective
Quinlan said: County Attorney
Davis told me that this
man was going to escapes. | watched
for him and caught him and now arrest
him on warrant charging him with
forgery. Put him in cell downstairs
and will call for him in the morning"
Subsequently Quintan showed a monkey
wrench which he said he had taken
from Franklin, rema arking: ''ThiS
wrench was purchased yesterday at st.
Paul and handed in to Franklin at IL
o'clock" This is substantially the jail
er'S narration of the events in connec-
ton with the escape, as he remembers
them. Investigation showed that
Franklin had by means of the
wrench unscrewed the bolt which
holds the iron strap or bar which fits
over the staple to the IRON cell door.
This done he was able to push the strap
down and open the door. A narrow cor
ridOr completely encircles the four cells
in the room, so that when Patrol Driver
CurtiSs came up stairs to his cell, Frank
lin ran around the corridor, out of the
door. down the stairs, and out into the
alley to Second street, where he was
captured in front of Connolly's mOrgue.
He lost no time in doing this, to be sure,
and the taller says he came down the
stairs so rapidly that he almost butted
his head against the wall at the foot.
WHAT QUINLAN SAYS.
Detective Quinlan's statement is as
follows: "Monday County Attorney
Davis came to me and said he had
learned that there was scheme on foot
to rescue Franklin, the fOrger, from the
lookup, and that an attorney had passed
aWrench into him with which to open
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Franklin's getting away, at the same
time TO allow him to escape from the
lookup, so he could get cause of action
against the attorney who had planned
the escape. Detective King, Ed Grace
and myself went to the lookup and kept
watch We supposed that Franklin
would probably climb upon the cells
and get out onto the roof through the
skylight. King and l were both on the
Il, - D>..lo
to hear Franklin working away with
his wrench in his cell. After awhile
we heard noise as though something
had fallen. Then all was quiet. We
waited quite awhile and could hear
nothing. Finally | told King to stay on
the roof and / would go to
the front of the lookup. just
as l got to the shed where
the wagon is kept. A man jumped past
me and ran down the alley. 1t did not
occur to me at the instant that it was
Franklin. but second thought made
me think it was and / ran after him.
We turned the corner on to Second
street nearly together, and here l caught
him. He gaSped out: Are you my
enemy or my friend?' l said, Neither
Then he said, Il was told I'd find help.
Are YOU an Officer? / said Yes His
reply was, Kill me, but don't take me
n
come up in the meantime, and / told
King to hold Franklin. l remembered
seeing him have
THE WRENCH
in his hand when he ran past me, and
when / asked him where it was he took
it out of his pocket. We took him back
to the lookup and there were several
policemen there by that time. pulled
out warrant the county attorney had
given me, which charged Franklin with
forging the name of j, r. Clagget, the
Hastings attarney. l told Kingsley to
lock him up and that l would call for
him in the morning. Then l
Iaade my return on the warrant
aud went home. About II o'clock
l came back to get Franklin and take
him to the county jail. Just as got up
TO the lookup Police Commissioner Hoy
came. / asked for my prisoner and Hoy
told Matt Bross, the jailor, not to give
him up. Hoy said: i don't know you
or what authority you have.' l an
mwered, Pm deputy sheriff and ar
rested that man on warrant after he
had escaped Hoy answered, You
can't hare him and he'll stay here. If
we haven't police enough Pll have 200
more appointed, if Necessary Then
we exchanged few complimentary re-
marks, and Assistant County Attorney
Jameson, who was with me, said, do
nothing more at present. so / left.